History (British Empire) Chapter 4

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Name four explorers
Speke, Burton, Kirk, Livingstone
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Why was Livingstone important for the British Empire?
Publicity, discovered lakes and rivers
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When did he go to South Africa as a doctor?
1841
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When did he return to England?
1856
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Which university did he lecture at?
Cambridge
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When did he go back to Africa?
1858
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What was his title?
Consul for the East Coast of Africa
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How many letters did he write back to England?
2000
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Which river did he explore along?
Zambezi
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Who discovered him after he went missing?
Henry Stanley
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When was this?
1871
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When did Livingstone die?
1873
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Which explorer became the Sultan of Zanzibar?
John Kirk
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What role did Kirk have on his mission with Livingstone's Zambezi mission?
Botanist
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When did Burton become Sultan of Zanzibar?
1868
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What did Burton become famous for in the 1850s?
Stories of Muslims life and manners
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Where and when was he wounded?
Somaliland, 1855
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When did he go to Zanzibar?
1857
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Who did he quarrel with over the source of the Nile?
Speke
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Who invited Burton and Speke to speak and discuss their theories?
British Association for the Advancement of Science
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How many volumes of tales of his explorations did he publish?
43
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When did Burton die?
1890
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Which lake did Burton and Speke discover?
Lake Tanganyika
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Which other great lake did Speke discover?
Lake Victoria
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When did Speke die?
1864
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Name two female missionaries?
Mary Slessor and Amy Carmichael
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How did missionaries help the British Empire develop?
Spread British values, formed positive relations, education, claimed territory
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How can missionaries be seen to have harmed the British Empire?
Conflict with locals, conflict with local British administrators
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Where were Wesleyan missions set up?
Canada, New Zealand, Australia
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Where did Methodist missionaries from Australia prepare the ground for British rule in 1874?
Fiji
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Where did missionary John Mackenzie put pressure on the government to establish a protectorate over?
Bechuanaland
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What job was he given when the government did as he wanted?
Deputy Commissioner
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Which country was Baring in charge of?
Egypt
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Which country was Frere in charge of?
Cape Colony
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Who did Frere provoke a war with in 1878?
Zulus
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Where were British troops defeated during this war?
Isandhlwana
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